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The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse -20th Anniversa Edition
Contributor(s): Bass, Ellen (Author), Davis, Laura (Author)
ISBN: 0061284335     ISBN-13: 9780061284335
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
OUR PRICE:   $23.39  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Self-help | Abuse
- Family & Relationships | Abuse - Child Abuse
- Psychology | Mental Health
Dewey: 616.858
LCCN: 2008011616
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.2" W x 9.1" (1.60 lbs) 640 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:

Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the future

The Courage to Heal is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a child--and to those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible.

Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge, the authors provide clear explanations, practical suggestions, and support throughout the healing process. Readers will feel recognized and encouraged by hundreds of moving first-person stories drawn from interviews and the authors' extensive work with survivors, both nationally and internationally.

This completely revised and updated 20th anniversary edition continues to provide the compassionate wisdom the book has been famous for, as well as many new features:

  • Contemporary research on trauma and the brain

  • An overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery, meditation, and body-centered practices

  • Additional stories that reflect an even greater diversity of survivor experiences

  • The reassuring accounts of survivors who have been healing for more than twenty years

  • The most comprehensive, up-to-date resource guide in the field

  • Insights from the authors' decades of experience

Cherished by survivors, and recommended by therapists and institutions everywhere, The Courage to Heal has often been called the bible of healing from child sexual abuse. This new edition will continue to serve as the healing beacon it has always been.

Contributor Bio(s): Bass, Ellen: -

A pioneer in the field of healing from child sexual abuse, Ellen Bass currently teaches in the MFA program at Pacific University in Oregon. Her poetry books include Mules of Love and The Human Line.

Davis, Laura: -

Laura Davis is the author of The Courage to Heal Workbook, Allies in Healing, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, and I Thought We'd Never Speak Again. She teaches writing and lives with her family in Santa Cruz, California.